Journal article
Effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on voluntary locomotor activity in an incomplete spinal cord injured individual
Biomedizinische Technik, v 58
01 Aug 2013
PMID: 24042607
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Abstract
Non-patterned electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) via epidural electrodes can activate neural circuits involved in lower-limb motor control in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), and generate automatic, rhythmic flexion-extension movements in the paralyzed lower limbs. Here, we studied whether SCS can increase the excitability of locomotor circuits in a motor-incomplete SCI individual capable of voluntary treadmill stepping without support and whether this augmentation can be integrated into the residual voluntary motor control. SCS was applied through skin electrodes during active treadmill stepping. Sub-motor stimulation enhanced the voluntary lower limb EMG activities in a step-phase appropriate manner as well as reproducibly modified the coordination of hip and knee movements during stepping. Further study in a larger population is warranted.
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- Title
- Effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on voluntary locomotor activity in an incomplete spinal cord injured individual
- Creators
- U. S. Hofstoetter - University of ViennaC. Hofer - College Station Medical CenterH. Kern - College Station Medical CenterS. M. Danner - University of ViennaW. Mayr - University of ViennaM. R. Dimitrijevic - College Station Medical CenterK. Minassian - University of Vienna
- Publication Details
- Biomedizinische Technik, v 58
- Publisher
- Walter De Gruyter
- Number of pages
- 3
- Grant note
- L512-N13 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF) WFL-AT-007/11 / Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation (WfL) LS11-057 / Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy; College of Medicine; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000497714000318
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84904011310
- Other Identifier
- 991020111310204721
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- Engineering, Biomedical
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